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Recent Examples of self-recrimination
From her sharp scolding of a student nurse to her own tears of self-recrimination, Floria is a full-blooded and beautifully etched character and, yes, a heroine.
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Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Studies show that forgiving yourself for previous delays neutralizes procrastination, as does self-compassion, which provides shock absorbers against self-recrimination.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
This time, the Ravens’ pass rush did not let them down
For all the self-recrimination expressed by Humphrey and others, the Ravens’ defense actually kept them in the game while their offense inexplicably sputtered for the first 30 minutes.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
Matty’s mixed-up feelings about Ellie — a combination of rage, grief, self-pity, and self-recrimination — may end up having a profound effect on how her mission within Jacobson-Moore plays out.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
This could lead to guilty feelings or self-recrimination.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
Bush administration officials could have responded to the attacks with chagrin and self-recrimination, conceding (at least tacitly) that their initial national security priorities had been incorrect.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
Wynonna returned for the night’s final song, exhaling the anguish and absolving herself of the self-recriminations that loving someone who will never do you right incurs.
—Holly Gleason, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024
So, too, did self-recriminations from Blake Lively and others online who had made jokes at her expense.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Studies show that forgiving yourself for previous delays neutralizes procrastination, as does self-compassion, which provides shock absorbers against self-recrimination.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
This time, the Ravens’ pass rush did not let them down
For all the self-recrimination expressed by Humphrey and others, the Ravens’ defense actually kept them in the game while their offense inexplicably sputtered for the first 30 minutes.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024
Matty’s mixed-up feelings about Ellie — a combination of rage, grief, self-pity, and self-recrimination — may end up having a profound effect on how her mission within Jacobson-Moore plays out.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
This could lead to guilty feelings or self-recrimination.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
Bush administration officials could have responded to the attacks with chagrin and self-recrimination, conceding (at least tacitly) that their initial national security priorities had been incorrect.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
Wynonna returned for the night’s final song, exhaling the anguish and absolving herself of the self-recriminations that loving someone who will never do you right incurs.
—Holly Gleason, Variety, 24 Apr. 2024
So, too, did self-recriminations from Blake Lively and others online who had made jokes at her expense.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-recrimination
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Orsolya is apparently wracked with feelings of complicity, though the film, which is made up mainly of extended shots of her conversations with other people, questions the sincerity of her self-reproach against a backdrop of ethnic tension and neoliberal sprawl in Romania.—
Beatrice Loayza,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Amanda’s self-reproach expresses a depressed national mood.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Apr. 2024
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Small affirmations of love and gratitude help keep the emotional connection alive.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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In September 2023, for instance, Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required courts to consider affirmation of gender identity when making child custody and visitation decisions.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Mar. 2025
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Filled with footnotes where Reid takes her off-the-cuff voice and honest takes to the next level, Enough is a book of our times, wherein candor, confessions, and embracing the bad along with the good seem to rule more by the moment.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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Then another man who had been imprisoned as a possible suspect — a black World War II veteran and construction worker, Wesley Byrd, 26 — said Apodaca and state police drove him into the desert and used torture to try to force a confession from him.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
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But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal, the body knows.—
Patrycja Humienik,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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Arkansas' federal delegation has asked President Donald Trump to reconsider the federal government's decisions on major disaster declaration requests in response to severe weather in mid-March.—
Alex Thomas,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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The government agency said the move is in response to President Trump's January 20 declaration of a national energy emergency.—
Anne Marie D. Lee,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration downplayed the first breach amid numerous officials’ insistence that nothing classified had been shared.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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The economic promise of Dead Sea potash played a key role in Britain’s insistence on governing Palestine after World War I. But extracting the mineral posed a challenge.—
Made by History,
Time,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Senate ultimately approved his confirmation in a narrow vote.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2025
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And there will be more action for Isaacman next week: On April 30, the Commerce Committee will vote on whether or not to report his nomination to the full Senate, a key step in the confirmation process.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Patel was subpoenaed to provide testimony in the special counsel investigation into Trump and was granted immunity after pleading his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to many of the questions.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
30 Jan. 2025
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Richards suggested that Halloran may decline to testify in Ward’s case by invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Self-recrimination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-recrimination. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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